mclennan BSN, RN

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    Decompress?? what works?

    mclennan replied to martymoose's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Get a punching bag for your basement or backyard, and some good boxing gloves. Put on some ridiculous music like Herb Alpert or Tom Jones, something totally awful and out of place, at top volume....
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    ABANDONED

    mclennan replied to GitanoRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sad as it is, sounds like the teen will be better off without those jack o' lanterns who call themselves parents. Maybe this was his ticket to freedom, not his death sentence from HIV. He might end...
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    Please Help - I have no where else to turn

    mclennan replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "Acute lorazepam deficiency." LOVE THAT. Also, your avatar
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    Why is it called "RN to BSN" - not "ADN to BSN"?

    mclennan replied to mclennan's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I see what you're saying, Ashley. But here's how the conversation went: "RN to BSN! Wait, you're an RN, right?" "Right." "But you don't have a BSN, though." "No, I do." "Then why the need for these...
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    Why is it called "RN to BSN" - not "ADN to BSN"?

    mclennan replied to mclennan's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Yeah, I know you have to have an RN license to practice - regardless of if you earned a diploma, ADN or BSN. I get that. That's not what I'm getting at. It's that much of the general public might...
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    Good Writing Skills Are Essential

    mclennan replied to VickyRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hear, hear! I am sometimes APPALLED at the poor quality of writing I see from my co-workers, and here at AN. How did some of these people graduate school? Also, why do they get so defensive when...
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    Quitting 74K RN job for a 30K vet tech job? Advice please!

    mclennan replied to RNCDN's topic in Nursing Career

    I say DO IT. Take the risk. Money is dumb. Happiness rules. Keep your RN license and pick up 5 or 6 shifts a month per diem if you really think you're gonna starve. But you won't. Not if you...
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    Please Help - I have no where else to turn

    mclennan replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hey OP. I did something very similar to this a few years ago. I was working in a street clinic for homeless people, and had a REALLY bad day. A cracked-out patient was verbally abusing me for over...
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    Shocked by new grads at job fair

    mclennan posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I'm a BSN/RN with 5 years experience and I'd like to share my experience with a recent job fair. It was advertised as a job fair for "Experienced RNs ONLY!" (I won't say what organization put this...
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    Shocked by new grads at job fair

    mclennan replied to mclennan's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Interesting comments all around. For the record, this happened in a LARGE city in Southern California (I bet you can guess which one! Something to do with angels.) I wish I was exaggerating - and I...
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    Finally decided to quit nursing

    mclennan replied to jennjen512's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Thumbs up to you and a high five, OP. I have been a BSN/RN for 6 years now, and done bedside, case management and public health. I HATE all of it. The last 3 years I've really spiraled downward...
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    Drug screen for new job

    mclennan replied to RURN2O11's topic in General Nursing

    If I wanted the job bad enough, I'd FIND a way to accommodate their request. You gotta do what you gotta do, and their process is not absurd in the least, it's common and has been more or less the...
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    Nurses are the real heroes ?

    mclennan replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    I do this work from my heart. Not to earn some title or status as "hero." It's a job. I care for patients and use skills to keep them healthy. If other people want to attach the "hero" label to...
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    I can help an RN moving to L.A.

    mclennan posted a topic in California Nursing

    Hello, I don't know if this is the right place to post something like this, so feel free to move it to the most appropriate place if needed! I live in west Los Angeles, near Cedars-Sinai & UCLA,...
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    Nursing is slavery Period!!!

    mclennan replied to sonia211's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree with everything the original poster says. Wholeheartedly. I thought it was well written, non-offensive, and refreshingly honest. And the rest of you, hey - go easy on her. She came here...
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    Has Nursing hardened you?

    mclennan replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I find this whole conversation to be a little ridiculous. People are so different, there is no across-the-board answer to a question like this. People's ages, life experiences, work experiences vary...
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    Any IHS scholarship obligation nurses here?

    mclennan posted a topic in General Nursing

    Wondering if there are any Native nurses working off their IHS Scholarship obligation here. I am, and I'm miserable. Looking for anyone to commiserate with. I'm tired of being in denial. No more...
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    Help: being asked to do my own coding, never been trained for it

    mclennan posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work for a small non-profit clinic inside a large social service agency, in an urban area. I've only been an RN for a year. This clinic receives federal and county funding as well as grant money....
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    Help: being asked to do my own coding, never been trained for it

    mclennan replied to mclennan's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks - any idea where I can find these new Federal regs in writing? I googled a bit for it, but if you know a really good source please
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    Help: being asked to do my own coding, never been trained for it

    mclennan replied to mclennan's topic in General Nursing

    One of the things I'm really worried about it the legality of this. I've never been trained in coding, (never even heard of it til I started working here) and I'm being asked to essentially do it on...
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    Any IHS scholarship obligation nurses here?

    mclennan replied to mclennan's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I'm currently paying back my scholarship by service obligation. I don't want to give any details since this is a public forum and the Native nursing community is so....small. I'm only 1 year into...
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    NAI descent: Roll Call

    mclennan replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, new here. I'm an FBI (full blood indian) working for the IHS as an RN. I don't want to say what tribe or where I am, because the community is so small, but hey there....hi there......back to...